Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of study population, Texas, 1980 – 2001

From: Detecting spatiotemporal clusters of accidental poisoning mortality among Texas counties, U.S., 1980 – 2001

Population

Average Total Population (%)

Cumulative Deaths (%)

Annual age-adjusted rate (per 100,000)

All

17,577,292 (100)

10,774 (100)

2.8

   Male

8,677,605 (49.37)

7,593 (70.48)

4.0

   Female

8,899,687 (50.63)

3,181 (29.60)

1.6

White

10,553,321 (60.04)

6,913 (64.16)

3.0

   Male

5,187,210 (29.51)

4,661(43.26)

4.1

   Female

5,366,111 (30.53)

2,252 (20.90)

1.9

Black

2,052,901 (11.68)

1,584 (14.70)

3.5

   Male

991,066 (5.638)

1,063 (9.866)

4.9

   Female

1,061,835 (6.041)

521 (4.836)

2.2

Hispanic

4,582,804 (26.07)

2,210 (20.51)

2.2

   Male

2,305,930 (13.12)

1,820 (16.89)

3.6

   Female

2,276,873 (12.95)

390 (3.620)

0.8

Other

388,266 (2.21)

67(0.62)

0.8

   Male

193397 (1.10)

49 (0.45)

1.2

   Female

194869 (1.11)

18 (0.17)

0.4